Linkwood 1990 IM Dun Bheagan

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Linkwood
Bottler	Ian Macleod (IM)
Bottling Series	-
Vintage	1990
Bottled Year	2001
Age	16년
Cask Type	-
Cask Number	-
Bottles Released	-
ABV	43.0%
Volume	700 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Speyside

Flavor Profile

Floral

Fruity

Sweet

Honey

Vanilla

Oaky

Creamy

Dried Fruit

Spicy

Nutty

Herbal

Citrus

Chocolate

Smoky

Maritime

Peaty

Tasting Notes

Colour

deep amber, almost brown

air Nose

a very unusual start, with gallons of kirsch and tons of liquorice sweets. I love it, for it’s so far from ‘just another sherry monster’. It gets then extremely complex, with a very wide array of aromas (bubblegum, very old sweet wine, rancio, strawberry jam, very old Port, mint flavoured tea, black nougat, chestnut honey, dried kumquats… - note to self: beware maltoporn). Superb notes of liquorice and mint sweets (we call them ‘Batna’ here), old natural turpentine, walnut liquor… And yes, hints of peat. Just fab, as complex as, say, many Springbanks from the 1960’s

restaurant Palate

oh yes, it’s fab again, provided you’re not put off by heavy tannins, sourness in whisky and hyper-dryness. I’m not, as long as the whole is as balanced as here. The attack is on chocolate, lots of balsamic vinegar, herbal liquors (Jägermeister, Chartreuse) and yes, wood. Lots of toasted bread as well, old fortified wine, Grand-Marnier, fruit eau-de-vie, liquorice (lots), old rum… And armfuls of herbs (parsley, chive, aniseed, rhubarb, lovage…) A very, very interesting experience! The finish is long, very sweet and sour, herbal, and frankly drying now… But the whole is just fab in my opinion and, you got it, most unusual. It’ll be 93 points as far as I’m concerned, but it’s probably not a very consensual expression. MUSIC – Heavily recommended listening - Cambodian rock and roll, really? Well it's quite Californian too and in all ways very, very 'pleasant'. It's Dengue Fever doing Sleep Walking Through the Mekong.mp3 (from Dragon House, 2006). And I think Saran wrap.mp3 is just as good. Please buy Dengue Fever's music! April 4, 2006 BREAKING NEWS! – Did you ever happen to wonder what’s going on in Scotland’s busiest Marketing Departments these days? Whiskyfun could sneak a micro web cam into one of them, and I can tell you what we just brought to light is really unbelievable. Click here to watch the video (it’s a 1.7 MB .wmv file). TASTING - TWO LINKWOODS Linkwood 1989 (43%, The Pale and Rare Collection, France, circa 2003) A fancy decanter but will the whisky be any good?

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